THE CHASE - Connor x OC (I Am Sequel)

Chapter 47

I walked up to the counter at the 39th precinct holding my badge in my hand.

"Hi. I'm here to retrieve a suspect," I explained, looking at my badge. Oops, still hacked. I changed it back to normal and handed it over.

The receptionist looked it over and typed it into her computer.

"I can't verify you," she said simply.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

She shrugged. "Your name is coming up in the officer registrar. Is there any other name I should look for?"

"Did you use Charlotte Anderson? Try Charlotte Lance," I explained. She typed it in and shook her head.

"Is there anything else I can try? Like...a serial number?" She asked, eyeing me up and down. Guess I don't look human enough...

I sighed. "I'm a CR300. Registered name as Charlotte. I'm the only CR300 so there shouldn't be much difficulty," I explained.

She nodded and typed it in. "Sorry. Still nothing."

"Well, you have my badge. Is there another way to verify me?"

"I need to verify you through the computer system or the detectives can't even release him to you," she explained. I considered hacking the computer for a moment, until remembering a piece of Nick's sage advice.

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"Have you ever tried drugs, Charlotte?" Nick asked, while sipping on his hot chocolate.

"When would I have?" I asked. "Androids can't get high."

"Oh, disappointing," Nick shrugged. "They're nothing really special anyway. Just wondering."

"Have you?"

"Charlotte, weed has been legal in Michigan since I was in high school. Of course I've smoked. Haven't really done it since then but I have."

"Fair...that was kind of stupid," I nodded.

"When I did though, all of my friends were begging me to drive them to get some food. They were insanely hungry but I was totally fine. All of them lost it when I said no and we're super pissed at me, but all I could say was 'one crime at a time, fellas.' I don't think they spoke to me for a week."

"One crime at a time?" I asked, sipping my wine.

"I wasn't totally of age to be smoking weed at the time, and driving high is also a crime. That's two right there," Nick explained.

"I don't get it," I said, shaking my head.

"Okay, so we arrest three guys for drug possession, yea? One of them had been using when we got them so he gets a public intoxication charge. Same guy also had the needles on him, so he gets paraphernalia. Oh and he was driving, so gets a DUI. How much would he get in court?"

"Oh at least a few years."

"And the other guys?"

"Probably a month. Max."

"One crime at a time, Charlotte! If you get caught doing something you're not supposed to be doing, you don't wanna be doing anything else either. Those other two guys might even get let off of the charges, but the one with the multiple charges? They aren't going to offer him a sweet deal. Get it?"

"Oh...well of course it makes sense now."

"One crime! At a fucking time!"

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